- Aug 10, 2019
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Hi,
Would love to buy a 160Gb ipod classic as am sick of having to keep changing the music around on my 8Gb Sony NWZ-S618. Problem I have is the decidedly mixed reviews of the new classic's sound quality so I was hoping for some advice.
WHFSV obviously gave the classic a product of the year award and rate its sound quality very highly but if you search the internet the general theme seems to be that as a result of moving to a new sound chip the sound is noticably worse that the previous generation ipod. A lot of people are saying they have returned the players as a result. A lot however seem very happy with the new ipods but I am always wary of people's opinions as they depend so much on what they have heard before and how they have ripped/ downloaded the music they are playing.
My Sony sounds great and these new non-ATRAC Sony players seem to have rave reviews for sound quality in general (not so rave from WHFSV interestingly though) so I am reluctant to swap for a new ipod unless the sound is anything other than excellent.
I rip all my music to FLAC using EAC for use on my home squeezebox system and then transcode to mp3 320kbps for use on any portable player. I listen on Shure SE210 headphones (again rave reviews everywhere apart from WHFSV!).
Has any one any experience of the new ipod classic. Any advice would be much appreciated as I really want a 160Gb player but don't think I could put up with anything that sounded worse than my Sony as sound quality will always edge convenience for me.
James
Would love to buy a 160Gb ipod classic as am sick of having to keep changing the music around on my 8Gb Sony NWZ-S618. Problem I have is the decidedly mixed reviews of the new classic's sound quality so I was hoping for some advice.
WHFSV obviously gave the classic a product of the year award and rate its sound quality very highly but if you search the internet the general theme seems to be that as a result of moving to a new sound chip the sound is noticably worse that the previous generation ipod. A lot of people are saying they have returned the players as a result. A lot however seem very happy with the new ipods but I am always wary of people's opinions as they depend so much on what they have heard before and how they have ripped/ downloaded the music they are playing.
My Sony sounds great and these new non-ATRAC Sony players seem to have rave reviews for sound quality in general (not so rave from WHFSV interestingly though) so I am reluctant to swap for a new ipod unless the sound is anything other than excellent.
I rip all my music to FLAC using EAC for use on my home squeezebox system and then transcode to mp3 320kbps for use on any portable player. I listen on Shure SE210 headphones (again rave reviews everywhere apart from WHFSV!).
Has any one any experience of the new ipod classic. Any advice would be much appreciated as I really want a 160Gb player but don't think I could put up with anything that sounded worse than my Sony as sound quality will always edge convenience for me.
James